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Chicago examiner vol viii no 46 a m sltnday Chicago may 17 1908 sunday prtce five cents harry thaw will be sent back to asylum at matteawan closes his case rather than submit to an examination by alienists jerome springs surprise calls prisoner as witness but his attorney orders him to keep silent poughkeepsie n v may 16 harry kendall thaw's fight for release from matteawan came to a sudden ending m the su preme court here to-night thaw was m the witness chair ready to testify m his own behalf and appeared con fident that he would be able to con vince the court that he was perfectly rational and sane he had just returned to the stand after conferring with his counsel and experts and was waiting eagerly for the next question when district at torney jerome of new york an nounced that the people rest and thaw was directed to leave the chair within leu minutes after this mr graham and mr jerome had agreed to cal no further witnesses to make no arguments and to close the case by , submitting briefs to justice mor 1 shauser m white plains monday will submit to examination when thaw and his associates returned to the courtroom after considering jer ome's demand that his experts be allowed to cross-examine thaw mr liraham noti fied the court thn thaw was willing to submit to a ii,s>-oxaminati,ui providing that it was to be by fix alienists to be appointed by the court none of whom were connected with either of the trials for the murder of stanford while that three of these alienists be agreed upon by jer ome and then by errtrrreel for thaw that the expense of these experts lie paid jointly j by thaw and the county of new york i snd that the examination be limited en tirely to a persona study of the present '. condition of thaw may recommit thaw it is believed here that as a result ot the clever manoeuvre of district attorney jerome justice morebauser wil recommit | thaw to mattpawan the justice to-night refused to receive briefs he directed that counsel vonfine the briefs to the legality of his original commitment to matteawan in justice dowllng after the jury had pro nounced him not guilty of the murder of stanford white mr graham desired to submit briefs on the question of sanity at this time t>ut jerome aunounced that he had uone to submit the inference among lawyers who watched the proceedings of the isl and saw the sudden collapse of the pro ceedings to-night declared that there is nothing left for justice morschauser except to recommit thaw thaw was called to the stand by jerome as soon as thaw's counsel rested at five minutes of nine o'clock he appeared dazed his hand trembled perceptibly a he held it aloft to take the oath jerome's action m calling him to the stand was a complete suprprlse to him and the fact that the man who has conducted the pros ecution m two trials for the murder of white made him his witness probably had j much to do with his nervous condition counsel for thaw immediately objected to his being examined tonight on the ground that owing to the announcement of two weeks adjournment jerome would have that length ot time to go over the result wants hearing to proceed justice morschauser insisted however that the examination go on he said he would protect thaw's rights carefully jerome's first question to thaw after justice morschauser determined that the hearing should go on was whether the wit ness understood the nature of the pro ceedlngs yes sir came rhe reply j n a very i low voice 1 understand it is to prove my sanity jerome a -_â€¢_â– him if it was not to re j lease him and allow him lo go and come i as he chose i understand said thaw turning to the justice that it is to restore my rights as an american citizen later when jerome put several legal questions to him concerning the testimony of the experts than appealed to the ins 1 tiee for advice as to his rights jerome asked thaw if he would be will ing to submit to an examination by his alienists thaw was warned not to an swer and graham argued at length that the question was unfair the justice took the position that thaw could not be harmed if he consented to allow jerome's expert to examine him he said thai he would direct that jerome notify him of the date for the examina tion and that he would direct thaws counsel and his own alienists to be pres ent this he said should not be a joint commission but should provide simply that every right of the relator should he pro tected uraham continued to protest however and the courl finally derided hint th nv his counsel and expend ct together and artist suing for divorce accuses fiddler rigo of stealing another wife caspar emerson begins suit m new york gypsy met woman at casino new york may lit caspar -. kmer son jr the artist h.-is brought suit for an absolute divorce from his wife cather ine hadlev e t lerson and has named rigo he harlem casino fiddler the gypsy virtuoso's artistic temperament received a severe jolt when the process server un ceremoniously handed him a copy of the papers however he was eijnal to the occasion and invited the process server to the bar statutory grounds are alleged mrs emerson is a cousin of the princess chimay who once had rigo ns one of her all-of-n-siiddcn husbands she hails from philadelphia and was prominent m society there and married emerson when she was seventeen her father is pro j e . dud ley of philadelphia dewitt clinton welch badly hurt in buffalo run down by a horse during visit to relatives buffalo x v may 16 lie witl clin ton wci.-h reported ts be a wealthy re tired mining operator living at ti-tn kills avenue Chicago was severely injuivd here this afternoon by being run down by a horse attach ed to one of the american kxpress company's wagons mr welch lies at the emergency hospital whet*e it was reported al midnight he was resting easily and it is thought will recover mr welch has been making his home with his son george c welch v4o."i kills iv*'iiii e he went to kuffalo the first of tin year for nn extended visit with rel atives mr welch is the owner or holds a controlling interest m large iron mining properties m tlie district north of lake superior iv minnesota canal zone romance culminate es at altar bride was nurse and grocm a pa tient m isthmian hospital washington m;i.v 16 a romnnrp of j tlie f\*ni;il one tvhiÂ«>;i hn<t its bektonltlffi m tb'e ovovnnient hospital at ancon.l ruliuiiiatetl m this city 10-day when mi>sj kisi hyti.t alba ugh daughter of mi and urs william h albaacb nf this city wftg nlarried to etfaleolja elliott chief bydrogra 1 pher of the isthmian cannl commiÃŸston : mrs elliott was a trained nnrse m the j igorerzrqient mspiin aid thp flrst time slip met ber husband was vrtaen be was brought iiilo her ward she t ursed li im back to nviill lt i m media toly after the ceremony â– they efi for new york they will til j j tuesday for ajicon johnson is indorsed by a montana county j first convention m far northwest pledges for minnesotan anaconda mont may 16 the deer lodge county tiemocratic convention the . flrst m the far northwest this afternoon â– indorsed governor johnson fru i'resident instructing the delegates to the state con volition i work for a delegation to lien er instructed for him tlie resolutions pledge allegiance to the principles of he mocracy as enunciated l,y w j bryan nnd m tlie next breath pledp support to the minnesotan a c frost is cited before debtors court i judgment for 3,500 ageinst tnvest i ment banker is cause a c krost as head of the firm of a c frost investment hankers at 108 la salle street yesterday was cited to ap pear m the debtors court before municipal judge hume on may j3 the citation was issued upon petition of the western bank i note and engraving company who ob tained before judge geinniill april 4 a judgment of 55.500 for printing of bonds for the Chicago and milwaukee tower company gold mine owner killed j marsh ill mo may 16.-w s golf un owner of gold mines near los augeles cal and a large real estate holder both in the southwestern part of this state and kentucky was tilled by th Chicago & alton easthound red flyer while going ifrom the home ot his brother-in-law c h ! hlnton to the Chicago & alton depot for pimples too hew discovery cures eczema and erad icates minor skin troubles over night a few months ago the dispensers of pos lam the new discovery for the cure of eczema decided to allow the druggists of ithe country to haudle it pievlous to that timeji could only be obtained direct from the laboratories since this change iv the method of dis tribution noslain has met with thc most phenomenal success of anything introduced to the drug trade m the last 30 years all leading druggists including drug dept the fair kutlisohilds and central drug company in Chicago are now carrying the special 00-cent size recently .* dopted also the l jar this great success is nut surprising when lit is remembered that m eczema cases poslani slops the itching with first apphca jtion proceeds to heal immediately and rures chronic cases m a few weeks in i minor skin troubles such as pimples black heads acne herpes blotches rash etc i results show after an overuight application i experimental simples of poslani are sent to auyoim by mail free of charge by the emergency laboratories 31 west twenty fifth street new york lity.-advt spencer eddy calls u s niggardly on way to Chicago will remain here ten days before going to new post m south america talks of hill case salary of ambassador will not pay rent so he must be rich new york may ig.-"if a member of a foreign embassy should so before our president in his shirt sleeves the american people would resent it the kaiser of erniany requires a certain amount of formâ€”maybe more than other courts of kurope it is also unfortunate but true that a man who enters the diplomatic eli des should have money the salary of our ambassadors will not pay the rent this was the aniiomicement of spencer kddy recently secretary of the american embassy al berlin who arrived m new york to-day on his way to argentine re public where he will take up the duties of cnited states minister mr i.ddy talked of the discussions about dr hill recently appointed ambassador to germany with frankness the fact that dr hill is not a wealthy man will work gainst him iv any court mr kddy fears he insists that this is an unfor tunate condition calls dr hill brilliant man dr hill is a very brilliant man mr eddy continued our government will not give an ambassador enough to hold up the honor of his country and unless he has private means tlie l'uited states makes n very sorrowful impression i have spent twelve years iii diplomatic circles part of this time iv london st petersburg and berlin the expenses are about tlie same m each it there is any difference berlin is inuit expensive the fact that other countries maintain regular castles puts the representative of amen m au uncomfortable position if he cannot do as others are doing gen 0 j expects the representative of other countries to maintain a dignified and fit tinj emliassy ambassador musi be rich when one slops to consider the salary paid n representative of tlie government it is easy to understand that only about enough is received to pay the rent of proper quiftters this means that the representative must have proper menus congressman longworth is certainly right iv trying to raise the salary of our rcprcsentiitlves â€¢ i am more than pleased with my ap 1 pointment to argentina i understand the i climate is good and i think an experience lin the latin countries cannot but be of benefit to me " mr eddy accompanied by his wife a french valet and maid eighteen trunks and a score of dress suit cases reached new york to-day on the kalserin auguste victoria mr eddy expects to remain iv new york three or four days or long enough to find some of his trunks a local transfer company lost mr and mrs eddy will live m the mag nificent studio of hubert vos the artist m the central i'ark studio building until they leave for Chicago will stay m Chicago 1 0 days "_ have known mr vos for years mr eddy said a fine fel'ow and be was good enough to offer us his studio while we were m new york he is now m paris i read with interest the stories of the faking of paintings i have no doubt that many paintings are frauds i will go to Chicago where i expect to remain for ten days and then i will re turn to new york and sail for my duties m the south cleveland regaining strength says bulletin all danger is past and week has witnessed marked improvement lakewood \. j ma.v lfi.â€”mi-s grover cleveland announced to-night that mr cleveland was appreciably stronger than he was a week ago kor the flrst time m many weeks both dr lockwood and dr bryant were absent from the sick room leaving the patient m charge of the nurses dr lockwood returned to lake wood by a late train however and will remain with mr cleveland until monday mr cleveland is steadily growing better says the statement which mrs cleveland issued last year he had au attack very similar to this oue from which it t&ok hjm all summer to recover we have made no arrangements to return to princeton for the reasons that the climatic conditions m lakewood agree with mr l cleveland and it is possible to surround him with absolute quiet his condition cannot be considered alarming miss graham repudiates soulw-dow sentiment | declares interview on shooting of morgan misrepresented her miss charlotta graham who was men tioned m connection witb the events that led to tlie shooting of carlton morgan by mrs george metzker was misrepresented '. she states m an interview published under j her signature m a recent sunday issue miss graham says the use of her name over the nrliele was entirely without her i authorization ' and moreover tlie inter view on wliich the publication was based h places her m a position she rfties not care ito occupy m this interview miss gra-j jham is represented as openly mourning for j thc dead mau and as declaring herself to frank wenter once named for mayor cause of divorce j f stepina of sheridan road former park commissioner sets decree tells of trailing wife son of ex-drainage board head says his mother also probably will sue at a star chatnher session of the supe rior court m which every possible effort was made to keep the matter from becom ing public james k siepin.i former west Chicago park commissioner promi nent business man and leader of the bohe miimis m the city yesterday was granted a divorce from his wife anna m stepina leader m fashionable sheridan road social circles by judge mcewen prank waiter equally prominent as a business man candidate for president of the drainage board a position he once had held candidate for mayor on the demo cratic ticket m 1805 and for many years a member of rhe board of sanitary trustees was named by stepina m his bill mrs stepina was not m court â– but was represented by her lawyer l.weph weis senbach stepina and three private de tectives who testified to having followed mrs stepina and wenter to an apartment house on wi hash ii venue m june 1907 j were the only witnesses heard | families wtre friendly as a result of the decree which was i later handed down by judge mcewen two well-known Chicago families are split m twain tlte stepina and wenter families had both been on very friendly terms for years they formerly lived m adjoining residences on ashland boulevard the ste pinas at 4s and ill went era at 4tr mrs wenter probably will apply for a divorce from the prominent democratic politician the hill may he filed m ihe circuii r superior court ths week this thing came as a terrible shock to imy mother said young henry wenter | last c cuing she had no idea that mr i stepina contemplated getting a divorce ; from mrs stepina and never imagined for ;Â» minute that mrs stepina and nilier : had been any more than friends i suppose rhe whole thing will result m ; a break m our home mother i think will ask for a divorce as a result of the disclosures made to-day m court it is all so sudden and unexpected thai she hardly knows what to do or which way to turn i hypnotism say friends | wenter is alleged by friends of mrs stepina to have exercised a hypnotic in fluence over the woman in an effort to get his wife away from wenter it is said that stepina moved his home from ash iand houlevard to a palatial residence at 16s1 sheridan road about two years ago winter it is alleged continued to follow mrs stepina she apparently was unable to resist wm say her fri nils stepina's | suspicious became aroused and the ac cusation and divorce followed there are two daughters i the stepina i home both have been leaders m their jown social sets mahel m stepina a beau tiful young woman was married but a j short time ago to william shannon prom linent on the west side the youuger daughter ida is at home with her mother it la said thai both of the daughters are standing by their mother m her present trouble names are misspelled the filing of the stepina divorce lull last j thursday and the subsequent hearing were 1 hoth attended hy the greatest secrecy mason and wyman were stepina's attor neys the ense was marked suppressed " then m order to further throw the public and the newspapers off the track the wrippers on the hill showed that james stelina was the complainant and anna m stelina the defendant in the bill proper the names are spelled correctly the suit was entered m the clerk's office under the name stelina i'urther to increase the mystery sur rounding the suit wenter was designated niply as a man named frank m the filings his name was brought ont at the hearing yesterday before judge mcewen the entering of the suit under an as sumed name it was said at the clerk's office was done probably to obtain serv ice on the defendant just before the case was called for trial yesterday mrs stepina filed an answer , m which she denied the charges made by her busi and stepina tells his story business in judge mcewcn's court was about over for the day when he ordered hie case ot btepina vs stepina called several persons iv thc courtroom recog nised the well-known bohemian as he stepped to the stand he gave his tes timony briefly mentioning the name of frank wenter he told of hew he and the detectives had followed wenter and mis stepina to an apartment building on wabash avenue june 24 11107 entered and confronted them stepina is said to have taken his wife to a carriage that he had it waiting and to have driven her home a scene m frout of the building when wenter appeared and was taken to^task by ihe angry husband is also said to have i been one nf the sensational episodes of the j meeting the detectives corroborated stepina's tes itimony judge m<*kwen ordered the test imony written up and said that he would take the case under advisement later m the day he handed down his decree giving stepina a divorce wenter nas not m court but an uncon scious witness to the proceedings was henry wenter his sot the young man is a law student and is employed hy a | legal publication he was making notes of a court proceeding when the case , vas called the young man recognized stepina as he stepped to the stand i vorng wenter however had no idea that his father name was to he dragged i into the suit he was listening intently to stepina's story of his alleged wrongs when he heard his father's name a look of dismay overspread young wenter countenance me waited on.y to hear principals in suit for decree that startles sheridan road mrs stepina and mrs wenter were friends and neighbors until the for mer's husband a former west park commissioner trailed mr wenter and mrs stepina with detectives with the result that a divorce was granted yesterday to mr stepina tisdelle amazes by bid gates home financier whose methods are under investigation makes 65,000 offer do i bear another hid do 1 hear stifi.ooo do i bear 65,500 65,600 going sli.l.sol first call 65,500 second call [ are you all done j h5.500 third and last call and and here there was a long pause and then j 65,300 and sold said the veteran aue j ttotieer dan long yesterday when he sold to michael h spades the john w gates house bearing m terra cotta medal lions ln has relief the monogram s a k for s a kent the man who built it and 1852 tlie year m which it wns erected at conspicuous points on either side of the facade at 2344 michigan boule vard it was a c tlsdellel the ex-banker who hid 85,000 gates and friends at sale there was a big crowd present they came early and lingered it was a beau tiful day the lawn was green and inviting and made one think of famous derby days at the old washington i'ark race club be cause many who frequented the park in the old days were at the sale there was a great group of the friends and associates of john w gates who walked about the green law*n and talked ahout the owner and his house the group included orson c wells a former partner of gates wbo has made a fortune bil ly richardson of the stock brokerage bouse of harris winthrop & co michael burke w h buskirk willard t block e t jennings e f lngalls clarence w marks john c mccord herbert doggett v h surghnor frank pagin daniel f crilly kugeue a bornique and others the interest m the sale was not keen and the sale did not begin until 2:30 j o'clock a half hour after the time at which i it was announced on the big yellow and j red bill-board attached to the heavy iron fence m irom of tlie house the auction eer had too good taste to hang out the customary y 11 ! dag when gales left to go to new york he refused an offer of 90,000 for the house when linn long announced that he was ready for bids billy richardson a friend of sir lates started it with a bid of 60,000 there were one or two apparently : perfunctory bids when aivhie c tisdeile whose banking methods are now under m icstigation surprised those present by bid ding 05.00 auctioneer long called loudly for more bids dually mr spades who made his money m real estate speculation and as a | merchant m indianapolis and who has now conic from that city to Chicago lo live put m the hid that capl ired the property 65,500 for the 145j150 feet of land with | a three-story house the former home of ' two of chicago's multi-nil liouaires which is said to have cost mr gates 305,000 campau bolts read out of his party two michigan democratic county conventions result m rump meetings detroit mich may 10.-two demo cratic county conventions m michigan to day split and m each county two conven tions were held uetroit and grand rap ids were the scenes of the rows in grand rapids the contending factions developed so much of a near-riot that the police were called m and a score of the contest ing delegates were put outside the conven tion hall the wayne county convention m detroit didn't quite reach the point of police in terference hut the campau faction great ly outnumbered ou the floor held its rump convention m the rear of the hall there upon t_e auti-campau delegates adopted a resolution reading daniel j campau national democratic committeeman from michigan out of the democratic party all rout of those duplicated conventions adopted resolutions indorsing tlie caudi dncy of w j bryan but none instructed its delegates to vote for him at the state convention they just iudorsed hltn when the wayne county convention was called to a semblance of order sheriff burns was nominated by an auti-campau dele gate fls temporary chairman immediately police justice jeffries was nominated by the opposition ln the midst of the hubbub that followed jeffries jumped on s chair m the rear of the hall the campau delegation crowded about him and the rump convention was on it was m session only ten minutes committees were named and a motion car ried to adopt all committee reports and resolutions without reading then the rump convention adjourned and the committees went out and got up their resolutions eulogizing bryan it was cvi'ent that tlie campau men merely wished to rive them the basis of a fight before the stnte conven tion for seats at grand rapids he kent county tight was not on campau but over the indorse ment of george i hummer of w v mc knight for delegate-at-large both are anti canipau men but ii is probable that one or the other will ally with campau m order to get scats m the state convention when c 1 brown took the chairman ship of the convention lie declared he would rule ns fairness dictated guided by such conscience as i possess m about fifteen minutes the mcknight men decided he had no conscience when the delegation indorsing hummer for dclegnte-ai-luigo was presented chair man brown refused to permit a vote on an j amendment substituting mcknight's mime then mcknlghi calfed on his friends to leave the nail they did so t*o meet later m another hall uee of the beliefs was george 11 curry secretary if the first convention when he tried to take his notes with hint chair man brown culled a policeman and curry h.id io live up the notes rut they were written m shorthand and curry snys he can't reafl em now lie did manage to et away with the resolutions of ihe or winai r mention the contesting delegations of wnyne and : kent cotintic undoubtedly will appear at the stare convention nt lansing a.'v wednesday m full force and idttc|j^^*s â€¢ are expected __ a kirn strikers fire on police in cleveland car riots mayor johnson orders police , to meet violence with vio lence to restore quiet his defender attacked acting governor remains m city ready to call out troops if necessary day and night battle crews are driven away and passengers hurt by bricks and other missiles cleveland ohio may 16 strikers at 9:40 to-night fired two shots at a car run out from the lakeview barns the first resort to bullets by the strikers car operation from that barn ceased at once orders to cease at midnight any attempt to operate cars were issued at 9:50 o'clock armed police under instructions tc restore order after a day of riotina and to protect property of the traction company even though violence be used to-night battled at west one hundred and seventeen â€¢-...â€¢ detroit avenue with a crowd of 70 striking street car conductors and mo , tormen and sympathizers ' attempts to run cars after dark , duced by promise of police chief fred kohler that his men co i < n i . j the situation and by the pnxlamai wi of mayor tom l johnson that vio lence would be met with violence brought on the recurrence oi ing of the morning because he declared m a mooting of protest at the poor traction service mayor johnson should not be c ved ed h haeeret eltj councilman was set upon and seriously injured by a crowd m a twenty-third ward uall late to-night an ambulance removed him to his home the earlier riotiug marked the opening of the strike of the union conductors and niotormen who balloted all night deciding to strike at 4 o'clock day starts with violence violence was employed m preventing the operation of cars for several hours at the beginning of the day runs and m crippling service all over the city only a few lines operating with any semblance of regular i'resldent dupont nf the municipal trac tion company failure of which to qualify an arbitrator to treat with the representa tive of the men as to the legality of a contract guaranteeing the men a 2-eent ao hour wage increase caused thc strike*o der announced late m the afternoon that no cars would be run after dark thlsm order he rescinded when chief kohler de m_g dared order could be maintained mayor johnson occupying a peculiar posi tion as chief executive of the city and treasurer and practically head of the municipal which he inspired to operate cars at 3-cent fare had proclaimed that property would be protected at all cost warning the public that violence would be met with violence and ordering the police to use all force deemed necessary deputies are sworn in the sheriff's office acting on authority of the county commissioners swore m spe cial deputies late in the day and a score of these men were sent to the detroit ave nue car barns m lakewood to protect thc barns nnd cars attempts to run cars from that barn had been abandoned early m the dny mayor ( mllior of the village refusing police pro tectlon actine governor james m williams chief executive of the state because of governor harris absence is remaining m his office here instead of going to colum bus the state capital he kept m touch with the situation throughout the day the calling of the militia was discussed hut on thief kohler's declaration that he needed no help no formal appeal was made i ate to-night the police depart lent ad vertised for lo able-l>odied men to be sworn m as special police h police fougrht all day a tiie city's force of 500 mÂ»n fought b.u_u day long both night and day shifts beint held m reserve at the opening of fl strike and being hurried from one of the city to the other in only partflfl successful efforts to drive strikers i^h from cars nnd car barn h the violence of the men who mm i i oft th ir.-icks ilisuinniied ti om drove the crews off cv trolley ivi m hurled bricks at â€¢â€” ewa and i.assengers^b alike piled obstructions cm tlie tracks â– spiked dcrnilcrs at railroad crossings and^b on drawbridges and blockaded the exitsm f ii car barns began al 4:4 i i'clock.fl i Â„- hours no form f se:*\*i<*p v possible but by noon n number of linear j were operating in part Â¥ j on detroit si clair and woodland v , . ... three of ihe biggest linos iv the fl moved bo wever me r ms â– fll Â„,.,. east of thi lake vt turns last off tmi only m ire ran on me im-ir cedar menus on m * enue had minute inste . â€¢ .* iat continued on 2d psge ist column continued o nth pace ist column llj weather indications m jpa Chicago and vicinity partiy tpf r ' cloudy sunday and monday with t ' j v h probably showers ; rising tempera j if \\ ture easterly winds becoming vari aw ba able jj * mmw.aâ€”a m a it tmis iwmm ci.ijfls.sts if jl 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Chicago examiner vol viii no 46 a m sltnday Chicago may 17 1908 sunday prtce five cents harry thaw will be sent back to asylum at matteawan closes his case rather than submit to an examination by alienists jerome springs surprise calls prisoner as witness but his attorney orders him to keep silent poughkeepsie n v may 16 harry kendall thaw's fight for release from matteawan came to a sudden ending m the su preme court here to-night thaw was m the witness chair ready to testify m his own behalf and appeared con fident that he would be able to con vince the court that he was perfectly rational and sane he had just returned to the stand after conferring with his counsel and experts and was waiting eagerly for the next question when district at torney jerome of new york an nounced that the people rest and thaw was directed to leave the chair within leu minutes after this mr graham and mr jerome had agreed to cal no further witnesses to make no arguments and to close the case by , submitting briefs to justice mor 1 shauser m white plains monday will submit to examination when thaw and his associates returned to the courtroom after considering jer ome's demand that his experts be allowed to cross-examine thaw mr liraham noti fied the court thn thaw was willing to submit to a ii,s>-oxaminati,ui providing that it was to be by fix alienists to be appointed by the court none of whom were connected with either of the trials for the murder of stanford while that three of these alienists be agreed upon by jer ome and then by errtrrreel for thaw that the expense of these experts lie paid jointly j by thaw and the county of new york i snd that the examination be limited en tirely to a persona study of the present '. condition of thaw may recommit thaw it is believed here that as a result ot the clever manoeuvre of district attorney jerome justice morebauser wil recommit | thaw to mattpawan the justice to-night refused to receive briefs he directed that counsel vonfine the briefs to the legality of his original commitment to matteawan in justice dowllng after the jury had pro nounced him not guilty of the murder of stanford white mr graham desired to submit briefs on the question of sanity at this time t>ut jerome aunounced that he had uone to submit the inference among lawyers who watched the proceedings of the isl and saw the sudden collapse of the pro ceedings to-night declared that there is nothing left for justice morschauser except to recommit thaw thaw was called to the stand by jerome as soon as thaw's counsel rested at five minutes of nine o'clock he appeared dazed his hand trembled perceptibly a he held it aloft to take the oath jerome's action m calling him to the stand was a complete suprprlse to him and the fact that the man who has conducted the pros ecution m two trials for the murder of white made him his witness probably had j much to do with his nervous condition counsel for thaw immediately objected to his being examined tonight on the ground that owing to the announcement of two weeks adjournment jerome would have that length ot time to go over the result wants hearing to proceed justice morschauser insisted however that the examination go on he said he would protect thaw's rights carefully jerome's first question to thaw after justice morschauser determined that the hearing should go on was whether the wit ness understood the nature of the pro ceedlngs yes sir came rhe reply j n a very i low voice 1 understand it is to prove my sanity jerome a -_â€¢_â– him if it was not to re j lease him and allow him lo go and come i as he chose i understand said thaw turning to the justice that it is to restore my rights as an american citizen later when jerome put several legal questions to him concerning the testimony of the experts than appealed to the ins 1 tiee for advice as to his rights jerome asked thaw if he would be will ing to submit to an examination by his alienists thaw was warned not to an swer and graham argued at length that the question was unfair the justice took the position that thaw could not be harmed if he consented to allow jerome's expert to examine him he said thai he would direct that jerome notify him of the date for the examina tion and that he would direct thaws counsel and his own alienists to be pres ent this he said should not be a joint commission but should provide simply that every right of the relator should he pro tected uraham continued to protest however and the courl finally derided hint th nv his counsel and expend ct together and artist suing for divorce accuses fiddler rigo of stealing another wife caspar emerson begins suit m new york gypsy met woman at casino new york may lit caspar -. kmer son jr the artist h.-is brought suit for an absolute divorce from his wife cather ine hadlev e t lerson and has named rigo he harlem casino fiddler the gypsy virtuoso's artistic temperament received a severe jolt when the process server un ceremoniously handed him a copy of the papers however he was eijnal to the occasion and invited the process server to the bar statutory grounds are alleged mrs emerson is a cousin of the princess chimay who once had rigo ns one of her all-of-n-siiddcn husbands she hails from philadelphia and was prominent m society there and married emerson when she was seventeen her father is pro j e . dud ley of philadelphia dewitt clinton welch badly hurt in buffalo run down by a horse during visit to relatives buffalo x v may 16 lie witl clin ton wci.-h reported ts be a wealthy re tired mining operator living at ti-tn kills avenue Chicago was severely injuivd here this afternoon by being run down by a horse attach ed to one of the american kxpress company's wagons mr welch lies at the emergency hospital whet*e it was reported al midnight he was resting easily and it is thought will recover mr welch has been making his home with his son george c welch v4o."i kills iv*'iiii e he went to kuffalo the first of tin year for nn extended visit with rel atives mr welch is the owner or holds a controlling interest m large iron mining properties m tlie district north of lake superior iv minnesota canal zone romance culminate es at altar bride was nurse and grocm a pa tient m isthmian hospital washington m;i.v 16 a romnnrp of j tlie f\*ni;il one tvhiÂ«>;i hnsj kisi hyti.t alba ugh daughter of mi and urs william h albaacb nf this city wftg nlarried to etfaleolja elliott chief bydrogra 1 pher of the isthmian cannl commiÃŸston : mrs elliott was a trained nnrse m the j igorerzrqient mspiin aid thp flrst time slip met ber husband was vrtaen be was brought iiilo her ward she t ursed li im back to nviill lt i m media toly after the ceremony â– they efi for new york they will til j j tuesday for ajicon johnson is indorsed by a montana county j first convention m far northwest pledges for minnesotan anaconda mont may 16 the deer lodge county tiemocratic convention the . flrst m the far northwest this afternoon â– indorsed governor johnson fru i'resident instructing the delegates to the state con volition i work for a delegation to lien er instructed for him tlie resolutions pledge allegiance to the principles of he mocracy as enunciated l,y w j bryan nnd m tlie next breath pledp support to the minnesotan a c frost is cited before debtors court i judgment for 3,500 ageinst tnvest i ment banker is cause a c krost as head of the firm of a c frost investment hankers at 108 la salle street yesterday was cited to ap pear m the debtors court before municipal judge hume on may j3 the citation was issued upon petition of the western bank i note and engraving company who ob tained before judge geinniill april 4 a judgment of 55.500 for printing of bonds for the Chicago and milwaukee tower company gold mine owner killed j marsh ill mo may 16.-w s golf un owner of gold mines near los augeles cal and a large real estate holder both in the southwestern part of this state and kentucky was tilled by th Chicago & alton easthound red flyer while going ifrom the home ot his brother-in-law c h ! hlnton to the Chicago & alton depot for pimples too hew discovery cures eczema and erad icates minor skin troubles over night a few months ago the dispensers of pos lam the new discovery for the cure of eczema decided to allow the druggists of ithe country to haudle it pievlous to that timeji could only be obtained direct from the laboratories since this change iv the method of dis tribution noslain has met with thc most phenomenal success of anything introduced to the drug trade m the last 30 years all leading druggists including drug dept the fair kutlisohilds and central drug company in Chicago are now carrying the special 00-cent size recently .* dopted also the l jar this great success is nut surprising when lit is remembered that m eczema cases poslani slops the itching with first apphca jtion proceeds to heal immediately and rures chronic cases m a few weeks in i minor skin troubles such as pimples black heads acne herpes blotches rash etc i results show after an overuight application i experimental simples of poslani are sent to auyoim by mail free of charge by the emergency laboratories 31 west twenty fifth street new york lity.-advt spencer eddy calls u s niggardly on way to Chicago will remain here ten days before going to new post m south america talks of hill case salary of ambassador will not pay rent so he must be rich new york may ig.-"if a member of a foreign embassy should so before our president in his shirt sleeves the american people would resent it the kaiser of erniany requires a certain amount of formâ€”maybe more than other courts of kurope it is also unfortunate but true that a man who enters the diplomatic eli des should have money the salary of our ambassadors will not pay the rent this was the aniiomicement of spencer kddy recently secretary of the american embassy al berlin who arrived m new york to-day on his way to argentine re public where he will take up the duties of cnited states minister mr i.ddy talked of the discussions about dr hill recently appointed ambassador to germany with frankness the fact that dr hill is not a wealthy man will work gainst him iv any court mr kddy fears he insists that this is an unfor tunate condition calls dr hill brilliant man dr hill is a very brilliant man mr eddy continued our government will not give an ambassador enough to hold up the honor of his country and unless he has private means tlie l'uited states makes n very sorrowful impression i have spent twelve years iii diplomatic circles part of this time iv london st petersburg and berlin the expenses are about tlie same m each it there is any difference berlin is inuit expensive the fact that other countries maintain regular castles puts the representative of amen m au uncomfortable position if he cannot do as others are doing gen 0 j expects the representative of other countries to maintain a dignified and fit tinj emliassy ambassador musi be rich when one slops to consider the salary paid n representative of tlie government it is easy to understand that only about enough is received to pay the rent of proper quiftters this means that the representative must have proper menus congressman longworth is certainly right iv trying to raise the salary of our rcprcsentiitlves â€¢ i am more than pleased with my ap 1 pointment to argentina i understand the i climate is good and i think an experience lin the latin countries cannot but be of benefit to me " mr eddy accompanied by his wife a french valet and maid eighteen trunks and a score of dress suit cases reached new york to-day on the kalserin auguste victoria mr eddy expects to remain iv new york three or four days or long enough to find some of his trunks a local transfer company lost mr and mrs eddy will live m the mag nificent studio of hubert vos the artist m the central i'ark studio building until they leave for Chicago will stay m Chicago 1 0 days "_ have known mr vos for years mr eddy said a fine fel'ow and be was good enough to offer us his studio while we were m new york he is now m paris i read with interest the stories of the faking of paintings i have no doubt that many paintings are frauds i will go to Chicago where i expect to remain for ten days and then i will re turn to new york and sail for my duties m the south cleveland regaining strength says bulletin all danger is past and week has witnessed marked improvement lakewood \. j ma.v lfi.â€”mi-s grover cleveland announced to-night that mr cleveland was appreciably stronger than he was a week ago kor the flrst time m many weeks both dr lockwood and dr bryant were absent from the sick room leaving the patient m charge of the nurses dr lockwood returned to lake wood by a late train however and will remain with mr cleveland until monday mr cleveland is steadily growing better says the statement which mrs cleveland issued last year he had au attack very similar to this oue from which it t&ok hjm all summer to recover we have made no arrangements to return to princeton for the reasons that the climatic conditions m lakewood agree with mr l cleveland and it is possible to surround him with absolute quiet his condition cannot be considered alarming miss graham repudiates soulw-dow sentiment | declares interview on shooting of morgan misrepresented her miss charlotta graham who was men tioned m connection witb the events that led to tlie shooting of carlton morgan by mrs george metzker was misrepresented '. she states m an interview published under j her signature m a recent sunday issue miss graham says the use of her name over the nrliele was entirely without her i authorization ' and moreover tlie inter view on wliich the publication was based h places her m a position she rfties not care ito occupy m this interview miss gra-j jham is represented as openly mourning for j thc dead mau and as declaring herself to frank wenter once named for mayor cause of divorce j f stepina of sheridan road former park commissioner sets decree tells of trailing wife son of ex-drainage board head says his mother also probably will sue at a star chatnher session of the supe rior court m which every possible effort was made to keep the matter from becom ing public james k siepin.i former west Chicago park commissioner promi nent business man and leader of the bohe miimis m the city yesterday was granted a divorce from his wife anna m stepina leader m fashionable sheridan road social circles by judge mcewen prank waiter equally prominent as a business man candidate for president of the drainage board a position he once had held candidate for mayor on the demo cratic ticket m 1805 and for many years a member of rhe board of sanitary trustees was named by stepina m his bill mrs stepina was not m court â– but was represented by her lawyer l.weph weis senbach stepina and three private de tectives who testified to having followed mrs stepina and wenter to an apartment house on wi hash ii venue m june 1907 j were the only witnesses heard | families wtre friendly as a result of the decree which was i later handed down by judge mcewen two well-known Chicago families are split m twain tlte stepina and wenter families had both been on very friendly terms for years they formerly lived m adjoining residences on ashland boulevard the ste pinas at 4s and ill went era at 4tr mrs wenter probably will apply for a divorce from the prominent democratic politician the hill may he filed m ihe circuii r superior court ths week this thing came as a terrible shock to imy mother said young henry wenter | last c cuing she had no idea that mr i stepina contemplated getting a divorce ; from mrs stepina and never imagined for ;Â» minute that mrs stepina and nilier : had been any more than friends i suppose rhe whole thing will result m ; a break m our home mother i think will ask for a divorce as a result of the disclosures made to-day m court it is all so sudden and unexpected thai she hardly knows what to do or which way to turn i hypnotism say friends | wenter is alleged by friends of mrs stepina to have exercised a hypnotic in fluence over the woman in an effort to get his wife away from wenter it is said that stepina moved his home from ash iand houlevard to a palatial residence at 16s1 sheridan road about two years ago winter it is alleged continued to follow mrs stepina she apparently was unable to resist wm say her fri nils stepina's | suspicious became aroused and the ac cusation and divorce followed there are two daughters i the stepina i home both have been leaders m their jown social sets mahel m stepina a beau tiful young woman was married but a j short time ago to william shannon prom linent on the west side the youuger daughter ida is at home with her mother it la said thai both of the daughters are standing by their mother m her present trouble names are misspelled the filing of the stepina divorce lull last j thursday and the subsequent hearing were 1 hoth attended hy the greatest secrecy mason and wyman were stepina's attor neys the ense was marked suppressed " then m order to further throw the public and the newspapers off the track the wrippers on the hill showed that james stelina was the complainant and anna m stelina the defendant in the bill proper the names are spelled correctly the suit was entered m the clerk's office under the name stelina i'urther to increase the mystery sur rounding the suit wenter was designated niply as a man named frank m the filings his name was brought ont at the hearing yesterday before judge mcewen the entering of the suit under an as sumed name it was said at the clerk's office was done probably to obtain serv ice on the defendant just before the case was called for trial yesterday mrs stepina filed an answer , m which she denied the charges made by her busi and stepina tells his story business in judge mcewcn's court was about over for the day when he ordered hie case ot btepina vs stepina called several persons iv thc courtroom recog nised the well-known bohemian as he stepped to the stand he gave his tes timony briefly mentioning the name of frank wenter he told of hew he and the detectives had followed wenter and mis stepina to an apartment building on wabash avenue june 24 11107 entered and confronted them stepina is said to have taken his wife to a carriage that he had it waiting and to have driven her home a scene m frout of the building when wenter appeared and was taken to^task by ihe angry husband is also said to have i been one nf the sensational episodes of the j meeting the detectives corroborated stepina's tes itimony judge modied men to be sworn m as special police h police fougrht all day a tiie city's force of 500 mÂ»n fought b.u_u day long both night and day shifts beint held m reserve at the opening of fl strike and being hurried from one of the city to the other in only partflfl successful efforts to drive strikers i^h from cars nnd car barn h the violence of the men who mm i i oft th ir.-icks ilisuinniied ti om drove the crews off cv trolley ivi m hurled bricks at â€¢â€” ewa and i.assengers^b alike piled obstructions cm tlie tracks â– spiked dcrnilcrs at railroad crossings and^b on drawbridges and blockaded the exitsm f ii car barns began al 4:4 i i'clock.fl i Â„- hours no form f se:*\*i